The Architecture Of The West Wing Of The White House
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The Architecture Of The West Wing Of The White House
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language : en
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Release Date : 1995
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The Architecture Of The West Wing Of The White House
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Release Date : 1995
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The White House
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Author : White House Historical Association
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The White House written by White House Historical Association and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Architecture categories.
Since 1962, the celebrated spaces and rich history of the President's House have been portrayed in this continually updated guidebook. This edition celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the book's release with a new design, updated text, and new photography. The State Floor, Ground Floor, Second Floor, and West Wing are presented with richly illustrated historical text. For the first time, the guide offers a walking tour of the exterior, with a key to its architectural elements and grounds. Now visitors viewing the White House from the streets of Washington, D.C.' and armchair tourists at home' can experience an intimate tour of the house.
The White House
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Author : William Seale
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The White House written by William Seale and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Architecture categories.
"For two centuries the White House has served not only as the official residence of the president of the United States, but as the symbolic home of its owners, the American people. The White House: The History of an American Idea celebrates the mansion's 200 years in a readable, richly illustrated volume that brings together, for the first time, the story of the architecture of the White House and the story of the first families and designers who shaped it." "Highlighted by little known details about official and domestic life, The White House reveals the numerous changes the building has undergone and the paradox of its survival. Designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban, the house required preservation efforts fewer than 25 years after its construction. Burned to a smoke-blackened shell by the British in 1814, the house was rebuilt, later to be threatened with replacement but retained, condemned to destruction but made new. Many of the resident presidents hired architects and made changes, small and large. This volume offers rare glimpses of long-vanished interiors and the discarded contributions of such giants of American architecture and design as Benjamin Latrobe, Thomas U. Walter, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Charles McKim. Illustrations include drawings and photographs from the Historic American Buildings Survey as well as a large selection of historical plans, prints, and photographs, many never before brought together in one volume." "Although built in the experimental years of the new nation and altered over its 200-year history, the White House remains the natural symbol of the American presidency and perhaps the best-known residence in the world. The White House tells the story of constant change-architectural, social, and political. The history of the house is a story of survival and growth that parallels that of the nation it has come to symbolize."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Aia Guide To The Architecture Of Washington D C
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Author : G. Martin Moeller Jr.
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2012-06-04
Aia Guide To The Architecture Of Washington D C written by G. Martin Moeller Jr. and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-04 with Architecture categories.
An updated, lively and informative guide offers tourists, residents and architecture aficionados alike insights into more than 400 of Washington, D.C.'s, most important landmarks, noting each's location, architects, designers and date of completion. Simultaneous. Hardcover available.
Aia Guide To The Architecture Of Washington Dc
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Author : G. Martin Moeller Jr.
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2022-09-13
Aia Guide To The Architecture Of Washington Dc written by G. Martin Moeller Jr. and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-13 with Architecture categories.
"The model of what a concise, attractive guidebook should be."—Mid-Atlantic Country This lively and informative guide offers tourists, residents, and architecture aficionados insights into nearly 450 of Washington, DC's, most noteworthy buildings and monuments. Organized into 19 discrete walking tours, plus one general tour of peripheral sites, this thoroughly revised sixth edition features projects ranging from early federal landmarks to twenty-first-century commercial, institutional, and residential buildings. It includes some 80 new entries covering dozens of recently completed buildings, along with some historic structures that may have been overlooked in the past. The guide also has updated maps, and many existing entries have been rewritten to reflect recent renovations, changes to the buildings' contexts, or additional scholarship. G. Martin Moeller, Jr., blends informed, concise descriptions with engaging commentary on each landmark, revealing surprising details of the buildings' history and design. Every entry is accompanied by a photograph and includes the structure's location, its architects and designers, and the corresponding dates of completion. Each entry is keyed to an easy-to-read map at the beginning of the tour. From the imposing monuments of Capitol Hill and the Mall to the pastoral suburban enclaves of Foxhall and Cleveland Park, from small memorials to vast commercial and institutional complexes, this guide shows us a Washington that is at once excitingly fresh and comfortably familiar. The additions and revisions incorporated into the latest edition illuminate broader demographic and physical changes in the city, including the emergence of new neighborhoods and the redevelopment of once-neglected areas.
The White House
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Author : Patrick Phillips-Schrock
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-03-21
The White House written by Patrick Phillips-Schrock and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-21 with Architecture categories.
Formerly known as the President's House, then the Executive Mansion, and now for a long time the White House, this famous structure has a fascinating architectural history of ongoing change. The white painted facade of James Hoban's original structure has been added to and strengthened for more than 200 years, and its interior is a repository of some of America's greatest treasures. Artists such as Benjamin Latrobe, Pierre-Antoine Bellange, the Herter Brothers, Louis Tiffany, Charles McKim, Lorenzo Winslow, Stephane Boudin, Edward Vason Jones, and a host of others fashioned interiors that welcomed and inspired visitors both foreign and domestic. This meticulous history, featuring more than 325 photographs, diagrams and other illustrations, captures each stage of the White House's architectural and decorative evolution.
The Nixon White House Redecoration And Acquisition Program
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Author : Patrick Phillips-Schrock
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2016-06-21
The Nixon White House Redecoration And Acquisition Program written by Patrick Phillips-Schrock and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A positive legacy of the troubled Nixon administration—and one virtually unknown to the American public—is the extensive acquisition of valuable art and antiques for the White House and the redecoration of the executive mansion by Pat Nixon. With the help of an aggressive curator, Clement Conger, and a talented interior designer, Edward Vason Jones, the First Lady quietly erased much of the historic décor of Jacqueline Kennedy’s Camelot and introduced an academic look to the State Rooms which endures to this day. Nixon marked his presidential territory with a complete renovation of the West Wing—a harbinger of the First Lady’s plans. They implemented a massive fundraising campaign to bankroll the refurbishment, which resulted in one of the foremost collections of art, art objects, furniture, paintings and sculpture in America. This book presents the never before told story of the Nixons’ remodeling of the White House, motivated by the approaching American Bicentennial and a desire to restore respect to the presidency through the arts.
The White House Staff
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Author : Bradley H. Patterson
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2004-05-13
The White House Staff written by Bradley H. Patterson and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-13 with Political Science categories.
Shrouded in anonymity, protected by executive privilege, but with no legal or constitutional authority of their own, the 5,900 people in 125 offices collectively known as the "White House staff" assist the chief executive by shaping, focusing, and amplifying presidential policy. Why is the staff so large? How is it organized and what do those 125 offices actually do? In this sequel to his critically appraised 1988 book, Ring of Power, Bradley H. Patterson Jr.—a veteran of three presidential administrations—takes us inside the closely guarded turf of the White House. In a straightforward narrative free of partisan or personal agendas, Patterson provides an encyclopedic description of the contemporary White House staff and its operations. He illustrates the gradual shift in power from the cabinet departments to the staff and, for the first time in presidential literature, presents an accounting for the total budget of the modern White House. White House staff members control everything from the monumental to the mundane. They prepare the president for summit conferences, but also specify who sits on Air Force One. They craft the language for the president to use on public occasions—from a State of the Union Address to such "Rose Garden rubbish" as the pre-Thanksgiving pardon for the First Turkey. The author provides an entertaining yet in-depth overview of these responsibilities. Patterson also illuminates the astounding degree to which presidents personally conduct American diplomacy and personally supervise U.S. military actions. The text is punctuated with comments by senior White House aides and by old Washington hands whose careers go back more than half a century. The book provides not only a comprehensive key to the offices and activities that make the White House work, but also the feeling of belonging to that exclusive membership inside the West Wing.
The Hidden White House
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Author : Robert Klara
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2013-10-22
The Hidden White House written by Robert Klara and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with History categories.
Now including an excerpt from THE DEVIL'S MERCEDES: The Bizarre and Disturbing Adventures of Hitler's Limousine in America by Robert Klara. Coming March 2017. Critically acclaimed author Robert Klara leads readers through an unmatched tale of political ambition and technical skill: the Truman administration's controversial rebuilding of the White House. In 1948, President Harry Truman, enjoying a bath on the White House's second floor, almost plunged through the ceiling of the Blue Room into a tea party for the Daughters of the American Revolution. A handpicked team of the country's top architects conducted a secret inspection of the troubled mansion and, after discovering it was in imminent danger of collapse, insisted that the First Family be evicted immediately. What followed would be the most historically significant and politically complex home-improvement job in American history. While the Trumans camped across the street at Blair House, Congress debated whether to bulldoze the White House completely, and the Soviets exploded their first atomic bomb, starting the Cold War. Indefatigable researcher Robert Klara reveals what has, until now, been little understood about this episode: America's most famous historic home was basically demolished, giving birth to today's White House. Leaving only the mansion's facade untouched, workmen gutted everything within, replacing it with a steel frame and a complex labyrinth deep below ground that soon came to include a top-secret nuclear fallout shelter, The story of Truman's rebuilding of the White House is a snapshot of postwar America and its first Cold War leader, undertaking a job that changed the centerpiece of the country's national heritage. The job was by no means perfect, but it was remarkable—and, until now, all but forgotten.